Title Page.MECHANICK EXERCISES:
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Or, the Doctrine ofHandy-works.Applied to the Art ofPrinting.ByJoseph Moxon, Member of the RoyalSociety, andHydrographerto the King’sMost Excellent Majesty.LONDON.Printed forJoseph Moxonon the WestsideofFleet-ditch, at the Sign ofAtlas.1 6 8 3.
To the Right Reverend Father in GOD,JOHNLord Bishop ofOxford, and Dean ofChrist-Church; And to the Right Honourable SirLEOLINE JENKINSKnight, and Principal Secretary of State; And to the Right Honourable SirJOSEPH WILLIAMSONKnight; and one of His Majesties most Honourable Privy-Council.Right Honourable.YOur ardent affections to promoteTypographiehas eminently appeared in the great Charge you have been at to make it famous here inEngland;whereby this Royal Island stands particularly obliged to your Generous and Publick Spirits, and the whole Common-Wealth of Book-men throughout the World, to your Candid Zeal for the promulgation of good Learning.Wherefore I humbly Dedicate this Piece ofTypographieto your Honours; andas it is (I think) the first of this nature, so I hope you will favourably excuse small Faults in this Undertaking; for great ones I hope there are none, unless it be in this presumptuousDedication;for which I humbly beg your Honours pardon: Subscribing my self, My Lord and Gentlemen,Your Honours most Humbleand Obedient Servant.Joseph Moxon.
To the Right Reverend Father in GOD,JOHNLord Bishop ofOxford, and Dean ofChrist-Church; And to the Right Honourable SirLEOLINE JENKINSKnight, and Principal Secretary of State; And to the Right Honourable SirJOSEPH WILLIAMSONKnight; and one of His Majesties most Honourable Privy-Council.
Right Honourable.
YOur ardent affections to promoteTypographiehas eminently appeared in the great Charge you have been at to make it famous here inEngland;whereby this Royal Island stands particularly obliged to your Generous and Publick Spirits, and the whole Common-Wealth of Book-men throughout the World, to your Candid Zeal for the promulgation of good Learning.
Wherefore I humbly Dedicate this Piece ofTypographieto your Honours; andas it is (I think) the first of this nature, so I hope you will favourably excuse small Faults in this Undertaking; for great ones I hope there are none, unless it be in this presumptuousDedication;for which I humbly beg your Honours pardon: Subscribing my self, My Lord and Gentlemen,
Your Honours most Humbleand Obedient Servant.Joseph Moxon.
Footnotes.[1]“A History of the Old English Letter Foundries, with Notes Historical and Biographical on the Rise and Progress of English Typography.†By Talbot Baines Reed, London, 1887, p. 181.[2]The four founders appointed by the Star Chamber did not thrive. One of them, Arthur Nicholls, said of himself: “Of so small benifitt hath his Art bine that for 4 yeares worke and practice he hath not taken above 48£, and had it not bine for other imploymente he might have perrisht.†Reed, p. 168.[3]“A Dissertation upon English Typographical Founders and Founderies.†By Edward Rowe Mores, A. M. & A. S. S. [London], 1778. 8vo, p. 43.[4]See plates Nos. 11 to 17.[5]Reed, “Old English Letter Foundries,†pp. 185, 186.[6]Mores, “English Founders,†p. 42.[7]Hansard says (“Typographia,†p. vii): “I have never been able to meet with more than two copies of this work—one in the Library of the British Museum—the other in the Library of the Society of Arts.†The writer knows of but three copies in America: one in the Library Company of Philadelphia; one in the Library of the Typothetæ of New-York; one in his own collection.
Footnotes.[1]“A History of the Old English Letter Foundries, with Notes Historical and Biographical on the Rise and Progress of English Typography.†By Talbot Baines Reed, London, 1887, p. 181.[2]The four founders appointed by the Star Chamber did not thrive. One of them, Arthur Nicholls, said of himself: “Of so small benifitt hath his Art bine that for 4 yeares worke and practice he hath not taken above 48£, and had it not bine for other imploymente he might have perrisht.†Reed, p. 168.[3]“A Dissertation upon English Typographical Founders and Founderies.†By Edward Rowe Mores, A. M. & A. S. S. [London], 1778. 8vo, p. 43.[4]See plates Nos. 11 to 17.[5]Reed, “Old English Letter Foundries,†pp. 185, 186.[6]Mores, “English Founders,†p. 42.[7]Hansard says (“Typographia,†p. vii): “I have never been able to meet with more than two copies of this work—one in the Library of the British Museum—the other in the Library of the Society of Arts.†The writer knows of but three copies in America: one in the Library Company of Philadelphia; one in the Library of the Typothetæ of New-York; one in his own collection.
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[1]“A History of the Old English Letter Foundries, with Notes Historical and Biographical on the Rise and Progress of English Typography.†By Talbot Baines Reed, London, 1887, p. 181.
[1]“A History of the Old English Letter Foundries, with Notes Historical and Biographical on the Rise and Progress of English Typography.†By Talbot Baines Reed, London, 1887, p. 181.
[2]The four founders appointed by the Star Chamber did not thrive. One of them, Arthur Nicholls, said of himself: “Of so small benifitt hath his Art bine that for 4 yeares worke and practice he hath not taken above 48£, and had it not bine for other imploymente he might have perrisht.†Reed, p. 168.
[2]The four founders appointed by the Star Chamber did not thrive. One of them, Arthur Nicholls, said of himself: “Of so small benifitt hath his Art bine that for 4 yeares worke and practice he hath not taken above 48£, and had it not bine for other imploymente he might have perrisht.†Reed, p. 168.
[3]“A Dissertation upon English Typographical Founders and Founderies.†By Edward Rowe Mores, A. M. & A. S. S. [London], 1778. 8vo, p. 43.
[3]“A Dissertation upon English Typographical Founders and Founderies.†By Edward Rowe Mores, A. M. & A. S. S. [London], 1778. 8vo, p. 43.
[4]See plates Nos. 11 to 17.
[4]See plates Nos. 11 to 17.
[5]Reed, “Old English Letter Foundries,†pp. 185, 186.
[5]Reed, “Old English Letter Foundries,†pp. 185, 186.
[6]Mores, “English Founders,†p. 42.
[6]Mores, “English Founders,†p. 42.
[7]Hansard says (“Typographia,†p. vii): “I have never been able to meet with more than two copies of this work—one in the Library of the British Museum—the other in the Library of the Society of Arts.†The writer knows of but three copies in America: one in the Library Company of Philadelphia; one in the Library of the Typothetæ of New-York; one in his own collection.
[7]Hansard says (“Typographia,†p. vii): “I have never been able to meet with more than two copies of this work—one in the Library of the British Museum—the other in the Library of the Society of Arts.†The writer knows of but three copies in America: one in the Library Company of Philadelphia; one in the Library of the Typothetæ of New-York; one in his own collection.